''Ragini IPS'' is a 2014 Indian

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-language action film directed by Anand P. Raju and produced by K. Manju. It stars

Ragini Dwivedi Ragini Dwivedi (born 24 May 1990) is an Indian actress and model who works primarily in Kannada films. She made her entry to filmdom with '' Veera Madakari'' (2009). She rose to fame starring in successful Kannada language films, '' Kempe Gow ...

in the lead role and was the first Kannada film to be named after an actress.

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. K ...

Kavita Radheshyam Kavita Radheshyam is an Indian actress who debuted in director Vikram Bhatt's thriller TV series ''Who Done It Uljhan''. She appears in few Kannada, Tamil films as a supporting role and Hindi films. Career Debut and breakthrough Radheshyam ...

and Narayanaswamy appear in supporting roles. It was dubbed in Hindi as ''Hindustani Jaanbaaz 2''. It is loosely based on the 1988 Hindi movie ''

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''. Upon theatrical release on 28 March 2014, the film received positive to mixed reviews from critics, with Dwivedi's performance receiving praise. The film was screened at the International Film and Entertainment Festival in Sydney, Australia, in November 2014.

Plot

The film tells the story about a strict IPS officer, Ragini (

), who aims to rid the society of goons and corrupt politicians, and also ensure that women lead a safe and decent life. In the process she is tied to bed and gang raped by 8 to 10 goons as revenge against her; they brutally assault her by using their call girl women as bait. The crux of the story is based around how her name is ruined in the police department and how she takes revenge.

Cast

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Ragini *

as Hiremath *

as Savithri * Narayanaswamy as Jagadish *

Achyuth Kumar Achyuth Kumar is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema. Born in the town of Belur, in the district of Hassan and brought up in Tiptur. He graduated in bachelor of commerce from the Kalpatharu First Grade College, which w ...

* Ninasam Ashwath Maadegowda *

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* Junglee Prasanna * Veena Sundar * Jayasimha Musuri *

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* Sudhakar * Raam * Vivek Pandith * Ravindra * Girish * Soujanya as Soujanya *

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* Bhavya Gowda * Petrol Prasanna * Ram Prasad * Manjaiah * Mohan Juneja

Production

The filming of ''Ragini IPS'' began on 24 May 2012, on

's 22nd birthday. The stunts for the film were directed by Mass Madha. Director Anand P. Raju approached actress

Rishika Singh Rishika Singh (born Rohini Singh) is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada-language films. She is the daughter of film director Rajendra Singh Babu and granddaughter of Mysore-based film producer Shankar Singh and former Kannada actress Pratim ...

for an important role in the film but later opted for

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actress

. Having been trained in

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, all the stunts in the film were performed by Dwivedi herself without using a

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Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by Emil Mohammad. The soundtrack album of the film was released on 8 March 2014. The raunchy song "Menasina Kaaee" went viral on social media and

actress

who debuts with this film in

was compared with late south Indian actress and sex symbol

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by press and media.

Reception

Kavya Christopher of ''

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'' gave the album a rating of one out of five and said, "The number of songs for Ragini IPS has been restricted to two, and it is undoubtedly one of the wisest decisions taken by whosoever has done that." and concluded writing, "Musically, this film assures just mediocrity."

Release and reception

The film was set for release on

's 23rd birthday on 24 May 2013 but was postponed to August due to various reasons. It was then postponed for a 27 December release. The release again got delayed after sources said the producer of the film was requested by the producer and director of '' Chatrapathi'' to postpone its theatrical release due to both films slated to release on 27 December. After delaying the release for almost a year, the film was finally released on 28 March 2014.

Critical reception

''Ragini IPS'' received positive to mixed reviews from critics upon its theatrical release. G. S. Kumar of ''The Times of India'' gave the film a rating of three out of five and wrote, "...Ragini IPS is purely a commercial flick. The formula is not novel, with action queen Malashri having portrayed similar roles earlier. Ragini's high-octane stunts may be a draw, but the cop thriller scores low on dialogues." ''Indiaglitz'' gave the film a 7.5/10 rating and wrote, "...'Ragini IPS' a solid action film from one of the ravishing beauty on Kannada screen Ragini." and concluded writing that the commercial entertainer was worth watching. ''Sify.com'' gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote, "Ragini IPS finally sees a theatrical release and when watched for something out of the box, the audience find nothing but another usual woman oriented action movie. Though the script does not appeal as expected, it is quite successful in entertaining the mass audience and also tells people what is right and wrong in a realistic manner."

References

External links

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